Covid-19: Decline in daily cases in Kerala; 42,677 new infections, 601 deaths | Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Recovery as daily Covid-19 cases in Kerala eclipsed that of fresh infections, with 42,677 new cases being reported in the state on Thursday, taking the caseload to 61,72,432.
With 50,821 more people recovering from the virus since Wednesday, the total number of cured people has gone up to 57,45,912.
As the number of recoveries exceeded the number of new Covid-19 cases, the active cases in the state came down to 3,69,073, a government release said.
The number of active cases stood at 3,77,823 on Wednesday.
The southern state had recorded 52,199 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday.
According to a government release, Kerala also reported 601 deaths on Thursday, taking the total death toll in Kerala to 56,701.
36 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, 124 were those that happened in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 441 after receiving an appeal based on the new guidelines for COVID-19 designated as deaths. The directions of the Center and the Supreme Court, the release said.
In the last 24 hours, 1,14,610 samples were tested.
Among 14 districts, Ernakulam reported the highest number of cases with 7,055, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (5,264), Kottayam (4,303), Kollam (3,633), Pathanamthitta (3,385), Thrissur (3,186), Alappuzha (3,010), Kozhikode ( 2,891) are there. ) and Malappuram (2,380).
The remaining districts reported less than 2,000 cases.
Of the new cases, 444 were health workers, 202 were from outside the state and 39,118 were infected which was not clear in 2,913, the release said.
At present, 5,08,146 people are under observation in various districts, out of which 4,97,025 are in home or institutional quarantine and 11,121 are in hospitals, the release said.